# sting

> German word · Noun · IPA [stɪŋ] · frequency rank #39,049

## Definitions
1. die manchen Tieren und Pflanzen eigene spitze Waffe (mit Gift)
2. die durch sie verursachte kleine Stichwunde
3. der stechende oder brennende Schmerz

## Easily confused with
- **sung** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-sung)
- **Strg** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-strg)
- **Stirn** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-stirn)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-stone)
- **Swing** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-swing)
- **stirb** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-stirb)
- **Stunt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-stunt)
- **streng** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-streng)
- **stinkt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-stinkt)
- **Strang** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-strang)
- **String** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-string)
- **strong** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-strong)
- **styling** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-styling)
- **Strings** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sting-vs-strings)
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sin-vs-sting)
- **sig** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sig-vs-sting)
- **sind** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sind-vs-sting)
- **sein** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sein-vs-sting)
- **Sinn** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sinn-vs-sting)
- **Sieg** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sieg-vs-sting)

## Common misspellings (8)
`sitng`, `ssting`, `stign`, `stingg`, `stinng`, `stnig`, `stting`, `tsing`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/sting